Re: [HACKERS] How to ignore system indexes

> I'm trying to implement REINDEX command.
> Because the command is to repair system indexes,we
> coundn't rely on system indexes when we call the
> command.
>
> I added locally an option of standalone postgres to ignore
> system indexes and am add/changing ignore_system_
> indexes stuff.
>
> There are fairly many places using system indexes.
> Probably I would be able to change them.
> But is it preferable or possible to force other developers
> to take ignore_system_indexes mode into account ?
> Is it better to limit changes required for REINDEX
> command ?

One solution is to use pg_upgrade. It allows an initdb and recreate of
all tables without reload.
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